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Early Season Transfer Report

Combed through some transfer numbers - kind of interesting to see some numbers.

From about April 15th, here are some totals for you:
Total Amount Earned by Transfers
Great 8: $3,079,500 (one giant fee for Carlos Alberto Calderon helped nudge this up into the stratosphere)
Big 8: $1,672,000

Total Amount Spent on Transfers
Great 8: $2,144,799
Big 8: $1,636,000

Net gain of $934,701 for the Great 8, while the Big 8 was a slightly smaller net gain of $36,000.

Salary Differences Post Transfers
The Big 8 sold off a salary total of $137,682 but brought in a salary total of $226,886 (almost $90k more); on the other side, the Great 8 brought in $376,248 while selling off $198,075 (over $175k increase).

Highest Activity of Transfers
The Great 8 sold off 7 players and brought in 8, but no team brought in more than 2 players, with most only bringing in one. Only four of the eight Great 8 teams sold a player, with three of them selling off two each. The Big 8, meanwhile, sold off 10 players and brought in 11, but the greatest mover and shaker among both sides has been Seattle SuperSonicz who've revamped their roster, selling off 4 players and bringing in 5.

That's all for today - good luck in tonight's games!

I'm just gonna start with this before the results: you CRUNCH TIMED me iBeStrugglin?!? *insertlaughingtearsemoji*

Day 4 (Tuesday 3 May 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
Mighty Moose Rockets 79 - Linndale 111
Lion Rebels 82 - Seattle SuperSonicz 95
San Dominica Warriors 97 - War Birds 81
Rip City Revival 75 - Philly Dribble 97
The Beer Bellys 113 - Weather Society 101
pintipv 93 - Żubr Białystok 113
Gremlins 93 - Miami Cleo 81
The Ashkickers 106 - Dallas Bomskwad 73

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 113 : Żubr Białystok, The Beer Bellys
Rebounds : 69 : Żubr Białystok
Assists : 29 : The Beer Bellys
Steals : 13 : The Beer Bellys
Block Shots : 13 : The Ashkickers

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 34 : D. Donlon (pintipv)
Rebounds : 19 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)
Assists : 12 : D. Nava (Gremlins)
Steals : 4 : G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers), É. Blanchet (San Dominica Warriors), J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys), C. Geiger (The Beer Bellys)
Block Shots : 4 : T. Colomina (The Ashkickers), O. Reine (The Ashkickers), J. Felip (Dallas Bomskwad)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : J. Segovia (The Beer Bellys) (28 Points, 3 Rebounds, 6 Assists, 4 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : G. Gattoni (The Ashkickers) (24 Points, 3 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 4 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 27
Small Forward : F. Cristancho (Seattle SuperSonicz) (24 Points, 10 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 29
Power Forward : T. Colomina (The Ashkickers) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (12 Points, 19 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 1 Steals, 2 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 28

MVP of the evening
T. Colomina (The Ashkickers) (19 Points, 14 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 0 Steals, 4 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 33

The bad performance of the evening
K. Brown (Lion Rebels) (5 Points, 0 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -8

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : M. Živanić (War Birds) : 6 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : C. Masetti (Weather Society), E. Rutledge (Rip City Revival), Z. Fatik (Rip City Revival), F. Grossman (pintipv) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : M. Maurin (Miami Cleo), A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo), C. Simpkins (Mighty Moose Rockets), D. Charles (Mighty Moose Rockets), K. Brown (Lion Rebels), S. Hatch (Żubr Białystok), D. Donlon (pintipv) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : D. Donlon (pintipv) : 9 Three points

The best performer : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) : Rating : 17.0

The worst performer : A. Gallucci (Miami Cleo) : Rating : 5.5

lol i coudlnt go down 0-4 and I already know Philly and Linndale probably coming in as heavy favorites on us so had to do what we had to do XD

lol - all good, friend. Kicked myself for not going normal though!

I can't be mad at him. I would have done the same thing at 0-3 and my game 5 be facing that Philly Buzzsaw. Question is are you gonna go Hail Mary crunch time or go TIE and gain the enthusiasm

Week 2 Power Rankings
Welcome to this week's edition of DIV III.11 Power Rankings! See my previous power rankings post for details on how I'm pulling this ((314150.24)) - without further ado:

1. Gremlins - No surprises here - still undefeated and never really challenged (though Miami at least kept pace with them and only lost by 12). Slight dip in Gremlins efficiency, but is now leading the league overall in that. They also lead the league in allowed Opponents' EFF.

2. Ashkickers - Ashkickers are the closest to Gremlins, but we're deprived of this matchup for another week. No struggles for them this week to remain undefeated after four games. They too saw a slight dip in EFFG while they improved their OPP EFF by nearly 9 points.

3. The Beer Bellys - our first leap up comes from "thatguy"'s squad who've taken to DIV III quite well, though it is admittedly on the heals of defeating what appears to be two of the worst three teams in the Great 8. No shame in getting a win (but great shame in experiencing a loss in a game you should've won - see commentary below). Beer had the second highest EFFG improvement from last week and held even with their OPP EFF, resulting in this ranking.

4. Philly Dribble - our first Big 8 team in the power rankings, though they have an argument to be in the top three overall. Phil_Wings team took care of business with two potentially dangerous foes to be our final undefeated team in this list and this coming week appears to be a cake walk for them. Their EFFG dropped compared to the first week of the season, but they improved their OPP EFF.

5. Linndale This hot up and comer is playing good defense and have surprised a few teams this season with their tenacity. Even though they're middle of the pack in EFFG, they're still top 3 in OPP EFF. They suffered their first loss this week but dominated their other game to come in 5th, up from 6th.

6. San Dominica Warriors This week's largest mover, jumping 5 spots. The Warriors handled the dirty work this week and in the process improved their EFFG by nearly 20 points and their OPP EFF by almost 15. Relatively tough matchups for them this week against Mighty Moose Rockets and the Lion Rebels.

7. pintipv Holding stead in the rankings this week, pint's crew weathered the storm of Melon Collie's squad and then suffered their first defeat to Zubr. However they improved on their EFFG by almost 7 points. They face the true test this week going up against 1 & 2 in these rankings.

8. Mighty Moose Rockets MMR saw a significant dip in their own EFFG but improved on their OPP EFF. Even though they lost both their matchups this week to clunk to a 1-3 start, Walenty Kofan and Jean-Louis Fleurent are nothing to sneeze at!

Last edited by Baine at 5/12/2022 4:28:23 PM

Week 2 Power Rankings Continued
9. Lion Rebels After defeating Linndale in a highly anticipated matchup, Lion Rebels fell prey to the "look past em" fever, getting nailed by SuperSonicz. EFFG stayed even, but they saw a drop in their OPP EFF. They are up a place in this list from last week, but (personally) it feels like a failure. Shame on you Kurt Brown (49430480) for crapping the bed in that game! (Also, great managing by iBeStrugglin).

10. Rip City Revival - I know this is the "middle of the pack" but I don't want to face JBogoroff's squad this week! After handling the War Birds, they got ripped by Philly. Good test this week for them to solidify their ground. They improved their EFFG and stayed even on their OPP EFF.

11. Weather Society - Melan Collie's strategy appears to just try and score as much and as quickly as possible and, in terms of EFFG, it's working! Yes, they're still defeated, and yes, their Defense leaves much to be desired (ranked last in OPP EFF) so I don't anticipate them translating much into wins, but in terms of the "bad" teams, they might be the best!

12. Żubr Białystok - whitestok's team doesn't deserve to be this low, but a week in which you face off against what appears to be the best this division has to offer is going to make you hurt. I fully expect them to bounce back with two wins this week, bringing them to even on the season. They did improve on their EFFG from the first week, but they're still ranked in the bottom half for OPP EFF.

13. Seattle SuperSonicz - time will tell what their roster overhaul will do for them, but after their stunning win against my squad this week, they've bumped themselves up a bit. We'll see what that enthusiasm hit does for them, though I imagine they'll make up some ground in their matchup with Philly this week. iBeStrugglin has improved his team's EFFG while also improving on their OPP EFF rating. Do they have enough to contend for a playoff spot after their early season slump?

14. Miami Cleo - packer_22's squad has a solid youngish core, but they just haven't been able to compete to a high enough level to beat anyone - they're not getting blown out too badly, but they haven't been able to keep it close enough to try for a win in their first four matchups. They're struggling with EFFG, ranking dead last in both weeks of the season, but they rank in the middle of the pack in terms of OPP EFF. They face the other bottom dwellers in the Great 8 this week - who will come out on top of the smelliest hay stack?

15. War Birds - Grimhawke's team took the biggest stumble in the rankings, dropping from 9th all the way here. The first week of the season they were ranked 7th in EFFG, but this week they dropped 10.5 points to 14th and their already high OPP EFF moved up slightly, resulting in their tumble. I am interested in their matchup with Linndale, but Philly is a lost cause. Hopefully they'll enter week four at 2-4, rather than 1-5.

16. Dallas Bomskwad - I'm curious to see what Dallas recent star C acquisition will do for them after selling off their two biggest stars. But for this week, they b strugglin'. Ranked 2nd to last in EFFG (down four spots) and at the bottom of the line for OPP EFF, do they have enough to turn it around? Grigoropoulos struggled in his first DIV III.11 matchup, but that was against the Ashkickers. Will they be able to turn it around against Zubr and Miami?

I'm pretty sure that next week's power ranking will be FAR different for my Bellys...we are not even in the top five right now but thank you for the generous ranking. I think you may have taken advantage of too many of the beer samplers at my arena while writing your rankings haha.

That's fair (and I did). But that's why I like using this efficiency method because it should give us some variance in rankings week to week. I'll probably switch it up as we go to take into account DOMINATION and WEAKNESSES, but we'll see.

Day 5 (Saturday 7 May 2022) : Performances by (https://www.buzzer-manager.com)

Night results
San Dominica Warriors 78 - Mighty Moose Rockets 105
Rip City Revival 58 - Lion Rebels 76
Philly Dribble 99 - Seattle SuperSonicz 65
Linndale 132 - War Birds 124
Gremlins 118 - The Beer Bellys 94
The Ashkickers 100 - pintipv 68
Dallas Bomskwad 83 - Żubr Białystok 109
Weather Society 68 - Miami Cleo 116

Best collective performance of the evening
Points : 132 : Linndale
Rebounds : 63 : Miami Cleo
Assists : 31 : Linndale
Steals : 11 : Miami Cleo
Block Shots : 14 : San Dominica Warriors

Personal best performances of the evening
Points : 45 : V. Sesamo (The Ashkickers)
Rebounds : 25 : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels)
Assists : 10 : T. Lagorce (Linndale)
Steals : 4 : F. Carrillo (Lion Rebels)
Block Shots : 8 : V. Valladares (San Dominica Warriors)

Top 5 of the evening
Point Guard : T. Lagorce (Linndale) (30 Points, 3 Rebounds, 10 Assists, 3 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31
Shooting Guard : A. Zakrzewski (Gremlins) (38 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40
Small Forward : V. Sesamo (The Ashkickers) (45 Points, 1 Rebounds, 2 Assists, 2 Steals, 1 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 37
Power Forward : W. Kofan (Mighty Moose Rockets) (24 Points, 19 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 0 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 35
Center : T. Armstead (Lion Rebels) (17 Points, 25 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 31

MVP of the evening
A. Zakrzewski (Gremlins) (38 Points, 3 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : 40

The bad performance of the evening
A. Huerta (Seattle SuperSonicz) (0 Points, 11 Rebounds, 1 Assists, 0 Steals, 1 Block Shots)C. San Buenaventura (Weather Society) (0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 Assists, 1 Steals, 0 Block Shots) : Efficiency : -4

All kinds of statistics
The player who forgot to remove his mittens : N. Spruill (Weather Society) : 7 Turnovers

Player targeted by the referees : G. Chiodarelli (Mighty Moose Rockets), R. Kiaulius (War Birds) : 6 Personnal Fouls

The iron-man : G. Locus (Miami Cleo), J. Fleurent (Mighty Moose Rockets), J. Pugejs (Seattle SuperSonicz), F. Cristancho (Seattle SuperSonicz), B. Lutz (Lion Rebels), Y. Delagnès (Żubr Białystok) : 48 Minutes

The shooter : A. Varpukevicius (Miami Cleo) : 8 Three points

The best performer : M. Velasco (Philly Dribble) : Rating : 16.5

The worst performer : M. Mezzalira (Gremlins) : Rating : 4.5

Week Three Games of the Week
Matchups seem pretty scattered this week, in terms of conference standings (1 vs. 7, 2 vs 8, etc), though I am interested to see if Miami Cleo continues its apparent pivot to dominance by blowing out Dallas Bomskwad like they did Weather Society. At any rate, here are the two match ups I've got my eye on with curiosity tonight:

Great 8's 2 Seed vs 3 Seed
thatguy's squad was predictably easily handled by Gremlins on Saturday night, while Ashkickers kicked ash in welcoming pintipv to DIV III. The Beer Bellys travel to "The Basketball Center" (which, you gotta admit, is original!) in which they bring their top three offense (ppg) against Ash's top tier defense (ppg allowed). Both teams are a half percentage point apart in field goal percentage (43.7% and 43.2%), while Tylormade's 3 point percentage leads the league and is nearly 50%! On paper, it might seem like Ash is going to dominate...but we're talking about (by efficiency still) two of the top four teams in the league facing off. In the end, I give it to Ashkickers. Not a complete domination, but I'm going Ashkickers 97 - Beer Bellys 88.

Big 8's 5 Seed vs. 4 Seed
Sure Rip City Revival demoted and claimed "rebuilding" (which, fine, they are), but they're still competitive, with a great shot of making the playoffs. Mighty Moose Rockets have had a biizarre loss to War Birds, and close loss to Philly, a blow out to newcomer Linndale, and then dominated then 3 seed San Dominica Warriors. I can't get a read on this team. Doesn't help Hutch44 that his prize player is out with a bruised knee (Walenty Kofan averaging 20.4 PTS and 13.0 REBS per game to go along with a 14.5 rating. Neither team are scoring machines and they're both middle of the pack in ppg allowed. But, this is an intriguing matchup because, in terms of efficiency, they're 6th (MMR) and 7th (Rip) in the league. As it is, I think it would be a tight matchup with Kofan playing, based on prior stats)...with that being the case, I'm going Rip City 88 - MMR 83.